[사회]”Corona 19 harms domestic infiltration” … Dulmi Illegal Gambling Money Exchange Organization

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The police charged a daily salary of more than 10 billion won for illegal currency exchange businesses in 6,000 adult PC rooms in Korea.

They set up an office in China to avoid police persecution and were caught infiltrating the country in January as Corona 19 was spreading.

Reporter Na Hye-in reports.

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A package of 50,000 won bills comes out of a small safe at home.

This is the profit from the crime revealed in the course of the police seizure and search at the home of a member of the organization who has been conducting illegal money exchange business while running 6,000 adult PC rooms in Korea.

A, 45, formed an organization called ‘Star Money’ with his accomplices in 2018, then changed the virtual game money used in PC rooms into real money and collected commissions.

The currency exchange itself is illegal, but to charge a fee close to 10% per game, gaming products such as go-stop and poker installed in the PC room were arbitrarily modified.

In the past two years, the illegal income obtained in this way has exceeded 11 billion won.

The reason Mr. A’s party was caught was an infectious disease.

I had my office in Qingdao, China to avoid tracking, but in January when the 19th crown was extended to China, it was in Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do.

After an investigation by the police that captured the crime, all were captured on the 10th.

[장성필 / 경기남부지방경찰청 풍속수사3팀장 : 그동안에는 환전을 해주는 PC방 업주만 처벌됐었어요. 이렇게 큰 조직이 있다는 건 처음 드러난 거죠.]

Police arrested five people, including General Manager A and management, for violating the law of the gaming industry and opening games of chance.

Eighteen people involved, such as the adult owner of the PC cafe who made a passbook for the middle name or collected money in between, were also arrested and turned over to the prosecution.

In the future, the plan is to track down accounts like Mr. A’s and seize all the illegal proceeds.

This is Hyein Na, YTN.

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